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facility exists at the new home port, the dependent
cannot be relocated to that area.
Transportation Allowances
The member or the dependents performing this type
of travel will be entitled to one of the following:
Transportation in kind
Reimbursement for the cost of personally
procured commercial transportation
An allowance for transportation at the rate of 25¢
per mile for the official distance
Government transportation will be used to the
maximum extent practical.
In no case will the
reimbursement
e x c e e d
the
cost
of
government-procured, commercial round-trip air travel
between the port of overhaul or inactivation and the
home port or former home port. When two or more
members or dependents travel together by personally
owned conveyance, only the operator of the vehicle wilt
be entitled to the transportation allowance. In addition,
the amount allowed for any or all dependents cannot
exceed the amount allowed for the member alone.
There is no entitlement for any additional travel
allowances.
RECALL FROM LEAVE
Another category of special travel can result when
a member is recalled from leave. Normally, a member
on leave who departs a duty station does so at his or her
own risk. That means, if the member is directed by
proper authority to return to the duty station after being
on leave in excess of 24 hours, the member will bear
any cost incurred in returning. The only time the
government will provide travel allowances is when the
member’s authorized leave was canceled under the
following conditions:
Authorized leave was canceled because of actual
contingency operations or emergency war
operations.
Authorized leave of 5 days or more was canceled
within 24 hours after the member’s departure
from the duty station.
Authorized leave of 5 days or more was canceled
more than 24 hours after the member’s departure
from the duty station.
Under the last situation, the member’s CO may
authorize or approve the member’s return at
government expense. However, it may be authorized
only if the recall eliminates a substantial portion of the
scheduled leave period or the purpose of the member’s
trip is defeated.
If the expense is authorized, the
member is entitled to the regular temporary duty travel
allowances. The period of entitlement begins the day
the member departs from the leave point or place of
receipt of the cancellation notice. It ends the day the
member returns to the duty station. If the member is
authorized to resume leave, allowances are also payable
beginning the day the member departs the duty station.
The allowances end when the member arrives at a leave
point no farther distant from the duty station than the
place at which the member received the orders
canceling the leave.
CONVALESCENT LEAVE
Convalescent leave is another
category that entitles a member
transportation at government expense.
special travel
to round-trip
The member is
entitled to the expense during recovery from illness or
injury incurred during a period of eligibility for the
receipt of hostile tire pay or imminent danger pay.
Only one trip of this nature is allowed. The
entitlement covers one trip from the medical treatment
facility to a place selected by the member (provided that
place is the location of the member’s immediate family
and is within the United States, Puerto Rico, or the U.S.
Virgin Islands). It also covers return to the original
treatment facility or to a different designated facility.
Selection of any location outside of these places
requires approval by the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery (BUMED).
To cover round-trip transportation expenses, the
member may select one of the following types of
entitlement:
Transportation in kind
Reimbursement for the cost of commercial
transportation when the member travels at
personal expense
A monetary allowance of 25¢ per mile for the
official distance
Government transportation or government-
procured transportation will be furnished and used to
the maximum extent practical. Per diem, meal tickets,
and reimbursement for meals and lodging are not
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